[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
The purpose of this Part is to promote the development and redevelopment of context-sensitive mixed-use neighborhoods in accordance with the Official Elm Street Plan of the Borough of Gettysburg.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
The following uses are permitted by right:
A. 
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the below when located on the same lot.
B. 
Apartments or condominiums.
C. 
Bed-and-breakfast.
D. 
Cultural center.
E. 
Day-care center, child.
F. 
Emergency services station.
G. 
Essential services.
H. 
Financial institutions, excluding establishments with drive-thru facilities.
I. 
General service and repair of household items.
J. 
Home occupations, subject to the regulations of Part 15, § 27-1504.
K. 
Live-work units.
L. 
Museum, historical/interpretive facility.
M. 
No-impact home-based business.
N. 
Personal services.
O. 
Professional offices.
P. 
Public or private nonprofit park, playground or recreation area.
Q. 
Restaurants, excluding drive-thru establishments.
R. 
Retail store or businesses.
S. 
Single-family attached dwellings.
T. 
Single-family detached dwellings.
U. 
Single-family semidetached dwellings.
V. 
Two-family dwellings.
W. 
Restaurant, small.
[Added by Ord. 1415-14, 4/14/2014]
X. 
Event venue.
[Added by Ord. No. 1488-23, 5/8/2023]
[Added by Ord. No. 1481-21, 10/12/2021]
A. 
Boardinghouse.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008; as amended by Ord. No. 1473-20, 11/9/2020]
Lot requirements in the Elm Street Overlay District shall meet the corresponding lot requirements of the underlying zoning district.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
1. 
Minimum Building Height. No building shall be less than 24 feet in height.
2. 
Maximum Building Height. The maximum building height shall be the same as the underlying R-2 or OT District.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
1. 
Nonresidential uses shall be limited to a maximum floor area of 2,000 square feet when overlaying the R-2 District.
2. 
No nonresidential uses shall be located above a residential use in the same building.
3. 
No drive-thru uses shall be permitted.
4. 
Nonresidential and live-work units shall have a retail or service component occupying the entire width of the first floor of the primary facade for a depth of at least 15 feet.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
When a lot which is improved with existing single-family detached and semidetached dwellings is the subject of a subdivision application for the purpose of enabling single-family residential development and usage on the subdivided lot or lots, the applicant shall not be required to meet the requirements of § 27-5A04 herein relative to lot requirements. All other requirements of this Part shall apply to the development of the subdivided lot or lots and shall be enforced.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
When a lot which is improved with existing single-family attached dwellings is the subject of a subdivision application for the purpose of enabling single-family residential development and usage on the subdivided lot or lots, the applicant shall not be required to meet the requirements of § 27-5A04 herein relative to lot requirements. All other requirements of this Part shall apply to the development of the subdivided lot or lots and shall be enforced.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
In addition to the requirements contained in this Part, development within that portion of the R-2 District shown on Exhibit A[1] shall meet the requirements contained in Part 19, Streetscape Enhancement Overlay District.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is the Zoning Map, which is on file in the Borough offices.
[Added by Ord. No. 1481-21, 10/12/2021]
Vacation rental use of real property zoned and located within the Elm Street Overlay District is expressly prohibited. Accordingly, none of the specific uses permitted by right within the Elm Street Overlay District shall be construed as including or permitting a vacation rental use within this District.